TOBACCO LEAVES 



Full oft have Aldrich, Taylor, Stoddard, 



Cranch, 



And many more whose verses float about, 

 Puffed the Virginian or Havana leaf ; 

 And when the poet's or the artist's branch 

 Drops no sustaining fruit, how sweet to 



pout 

 Consolatory whiffs alas ! too brief ! 



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